2026 Regular Session·2,958 bills·Adjourned March 14, 2026
Track legislation moving through West Virginia. Browse 2,958 bills and resolutions during the 2026 Regular Session, each with a plain-language summary, current status from introduction to enactment, sponsors, and voting history.
The purpose of this bill is to clarify the use of payment incentives and to establish a time frame for payments to child-placing agencies and to foster parents.
The purpose of this bill is to clarify the use of payment incentives and to establish a time frame for payments to child-placing agencies and to foster parents.
The purpose of this bill relates generally to the qualifications and responsibilities of the State Fire Marshal.
The purpose of this bill relates generally to the qualifications and responsibilities of the State Fire Marshal.
The purpose of this bill is to create the Drainage Remediation Fund and to provide a procedure to remedy drainage and obstruction matters which may degrade the state road system.
The purpose of this bill is to create the Drainage Remediation Fund and to provide a procedure to remedy drainage and obstruction matters which may degrade the state road system.
The purpose of this bill is to expand when the Department of Human Services must seek termination of parental rights and by limiting the total duration of parental improvement periods while a child remains in out-of-home placement.This bill has been recommended for introduction by the Joint Committee on Children and Families.
The purpose of this bill is to expand when the Department of Human Services must seek termination of parental rights and by limiting the total duration of parental improvement periods while a child remains in out-of-home placement.This bill has been recommended for introduction by the Joint Committee on Children and Families.
The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Tax Department to promulgate a legislative rule relating to preneed cemetery companies.This section is new; therefore,
The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Tax Department to promulgate a legislative rule relating to preneed cemetery companies.This section is new; therefore,
The purpose of this bill is to comprehensively reform the state's water and wastewater infrastructure, streamline and clarify the process for issuing certain state grants and loans for water and wastewater infrastructure projects, eliminating the Water Development Authority Board and reassigning any necessary functions, requiring additional reports and on-going training for city and county operators of public water and wastewater systems, allowing public water and wastewater systems to enter into Regional Cooperative Agreements, creating an Early Intervention Pilot Program for struggling public water and wastewater utilities, updating the methodology for the watch list for troubled public water and wastewater utilities, establishing an improvement period for public water and wastewater utilities on the watch list, and allowing for required memorandums of understanding when an identified acquiring utility is exempt from forced consolidation.
The purpose of this bill is to comprehensively reform the state's water and wastewater infrastructure, streamline and clarify the process for issuing certain state grants and loans for water and wastewater infrastructure projects, eliminating the Water Development Authority Board and reassigning any necessary functions, requiring additional reports and on-going training for city and county operators of public water and wastewater systems, allowing public water and wastewater systems to enter into Regional Cooperative Agreements, creating an Early Intervention Pilot Program for struggling public water and wastewater utilities, updating the methodology for the watch list for troubled public water and wastewater utilities, establishing an improvement period for public water and wastewater utilities on the watch list, and allowing for required memorandums of understanding when an identified acquiring utility is exempt from forced consolidation.
The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Division of Financial Institutions to promulgate a legislative rule relating to the installation, operation, and sharing of customer bank communication terminals and the utilization of nonexclusive access interchange system.
The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Division of Financial Institutions to promulgate a legislative rule relating to the installation, operation, and sharing of customer bank communication terminals and the utilization of nonexclusive access interchange system.
The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Tax Department to promulgate a legislative rule relating to the valuation of public utility property for ad valorem property tax.This section is new; therefore,
The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Tax Department to promulgate a legislative rule relating to the valuation of public utility property for ad valorem property tax.This section is new; therefore,
The purpose of this bill is to encourage West Virginia businesses to replace foreign-manufactured goods with goods manufactured in West Virginia through performance-based, time-limited tax incentives that support sustained in-state production, workforce expansion, and long-term economic growth.
The purpose of this bill is to encourage West Virginia businesses to replace foreign-manufactured goods with goods manufactured in West Virginia through performance-based, time-limited tax incentives that support sustained in-state production, workforce expansion, and long-term economic growth.
The purpose of this bill is all related to the Workforce Readiness and Opportunity Initiatives Act including by establishing the West Virginia Micro-Credential Program, expanding the apprenticeship training tax credit, allowing for independent contractors to have portable benefits which hiring parties can contribute to without altering the nature of the relationship, providing for tax treatment of portable benefits, and eliminating barriers to professional licensures for military trained applicants.
The purpose of this bill is all related to the Workforce Readiness and Opportunity Initiatives Act including by establishing the West Virginia Micro-Credential Program, expanding the apprenticeship training tax credit, allowing for independent contractors to have portable benefits which hiring parties can contribute to without altering the nature of the relationship, providing for tax treatment of portable benefits, and eliminating barriers to professional licensures for military trained applicants.
The purpose of this bill is to address when district and gender designated seats cannot be filled during elections or when vacancies occur.
The purpose of this bill is to address when district and gender designated seats cannot be filled during elections or when vacancies occur.
The purpose of this bill is to transfer the responsibility for making determinations on eliminating school personnel positions due to lack of need for all county school districts from the county boards of those districts to the West Virginia Board of Education.
The purpose of this bill is to transfer the responsibility for making determinations on eliminating school personnel positions due to lack of need for all county school districts from the county boards of those districts to the West Virginia Board of Education.
The purpose of this bill is to enhance the penalty for crimes committed against persons with a mental disability.
The purpose of this bill is to enhance the penalty for crimes committed against persons with a mental disability.
The purpose of this bill is to include members of the Division of Protection Services (Capitol Police) under the state police B retirement system.
The purpose of this bill is to include members of the Division of Protection Services (Capitol Police) under the state police B retirement system.
The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Division of Financial Institutions to promulgate a legislative rule relating to the notice and treatment of joint accounts.This section is new; therefore,
The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Division of Financial Institutions to promulgate a legislative rule relating to the notice and treatment of joint accounts.This section is new; therefore,
The purpose of this bill is to fund the Tobacco Use Cessation Initiative.
The purpose of this bill is to fund the Tobacco Use Cessation Initiative.
The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Tax Department to promulgate a legislative rule relating to commercial patent incentives tax credits.This section is new; therefore,
The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Tax Department to promulgate a legislative rule relating to commercial patent incentives tax credits.This section is new; therefore,
The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Insurance Commissioner to promulgate a legislative rule relating to mental health parity.This section is new; therefore,
The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Insurance Commissioner to promulgate a legislative rule relating to mental health parity.This section is new; therefore,
The purpose of this bill is to create the Stop the Bleed Act to require implementation of the act in county schools and to permit private donations and funding by the Legislature.
The purpose of this bill is to create the Stop the Bleed Act to require implementation of the act in county schools and to permit private donations and funding by the Legislature.
The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Tax Department to promulgate a legislative rule relating to valuation of timberland and managed timberland.This section is new; therefore,
The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Tax Department to promulgate a legislative rule relating to valuation of timberland and managed timberland.This section is new; therefore,
The purpose of this bill is to license and regulate the practice of midwifery in this state.
The purpose of this bill is to license and regulate the practice of midwifery in this state.
The purpose of this bill is to provide for the renovation and repair of state-owned properties and buildings to expand high-acuity psychiatric, neurodevelopmental, and trauma services for children in West Virginia.
The purpose of this bill is to provide for the renovation and repair of state-owned properties and buildings to expand high-acuity psychiatric, neurodevelopmental, and trauma services for children in West Virginia.
The purpose of this bill is to narrow the scope of prior authorization mandates for FDA approved antipsychotics.
The purpose of this bill is to narrow the scope of prior authorization mandates for FDA approved antipsychotics.
The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Insurance Commission to promulgate a legislative rule relating to insurance holding company systems.This section is new; therefore,
The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Insurance Commission to promulgate a legislative rule relating to insurance holding company systems.This section is new; therefore,
